The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of N75.78 billion for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Transportation ministries, and flood control projects across the country.
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed; his FCT and Transportation counterparts, Mohammed Bello and Rotimi Amaechi, announced this while addressing reporters.
They spoke to the State House correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The ministers gave details of approved contracts.
The FCT minister, whose ministry got about N56.2 billion, said the money is for the construction of Kuje 105 Highway, access road, and car park for Abuja Light Rail station.
Amaechi said he submitted four memoranda to the council, all of which he said were approved.
He said FEC approved a memorandum for the clearing of equipment for the deep blue project “which will enable us to sight some of these projects in the coastal towns along the coasts”.
Mohammed gave a breakdown of the 14 projects approved for his ministry under the Ecological Fund across the country.
The minister explained that two memoranda were presented on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, including the one that sought approval for the award of contracts for the 2022 emergency procurement of first and second quarters accelerated soil erosion, flood, and pollution control intervention projects.